Fog-penetrating light.



PATBNTED- JUNE 23,1908; I

r E. MAURER. FOG PENBTRATING LIGHT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-26, 1907.

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EMMA MAURER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

FOG-PENETRATING LIGHT. I

No. $91,558. i

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented June 23, 1908 Application filed September 26, 1907. Serial No. 394,748.

- specification.

Myinvention relates to devices for collecting and concentrating by reflection stron rays of light to the end that one powerfu shaft or beam of light is forihed and pro'ect-- -ed through a lens and a funnel shaped orn orbell into the fog.

'The'devices now in use on vessels or on the frontof other moving objects have proved entirely inadequate, as fog horns, bells,'whistles, guns, etc. etc. fail to indicate accurately the location, direction-0r distance separating two objects whereas by the use of my invention, ,any obstacle. or obstruction is clearly shown and" can be avoidedior the moving object' can be sto ped in time to prevent collision. Many o the Worst accidents of recent times, resulting in great loss of life and prop erty, have beenthe direct result of fogs, and" 5 the mastersof vessels and drivers of locomotives fear the results of maintaining even a 'moderate rate of speed when the space in front is obscured byfog.

The invention consists in the novelmconstruction, arrangement and combination of p rts, as hereinafter .and in the accompany" ings set forth. v I

I In the .drawin s Figure 1 1s a. side elevainterior. Fig. 2 is aplan View looked atfrom above with the top removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 in Fig. 2. v A is the box or receptacle containing the lights'and reflectors.

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F represents the various reflectors at tadhed to the front and top walls of the box,

all laced so that the li ht reflected-by them stri es the mirror E an is projected through the magnifying lensC and the funnel B..

G represents two reflectors placed upon the top wall of' the box, H are clusters of lights rigidly attached to the front and side walls and bottom of the box or rece tacle A. These lights can be of any desired 'nd but the easiest tohandle and those fromwhich the best result can be obtained are the'ordinary incandescent electric lamps -Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

An apparatus of the kind s ecified, com- .prisin a casin sources of lig t rigidly-attachedi' to the ont'and sidewalls and bottom of the casing, reflectors rigidly attached to the front and side walls and the top of the case, a reflector set obliquely in rear of said casing, a funnel or horn projecting from the front wall ofthe casing, and a lens in Witnesses:

LoUI'sE MAURER,

EMILY Barman. 

